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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are exerting eBay to sell cloned cars and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has observed .
By LUKE JOHN SMITH
PUBLISHED: 08:14, Tue, May 9, 2017 | UPDATED: 08:14, Tue, May 9, 2017
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eBay con artists are scamming motorists out of thousands of pounds online
Thieves are supposedly exercising auctioneer area eBay to sell stolen vehicles under the name of a lawful vehicle, the BBC has learnt .
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Con artists- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one scapegoat- have scammed eBay buyers out of thousands of pounds .
At least three vehicles in Greater Manchester were involved in the brand-new con.
One victim, a retired police officer, was conned out of PS17, 000 buying a Mercedes from a dealer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but enunciates no action has been made. The sinners have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray enunciated:" The police have known about this mob since January .
" As a onetime police officer I'm absolutely disgusted. How can you have any trust in the police ?"
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Mr Murray said the eBay dealer sought he compensate with currency on collect, rather than use the website's secure online payment arrangement .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of getting this money back, ever
Graham Murray
That meant that when he found out the vehicle was embezzled- there was little chance he could get his coin back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of getting this coin back, ever ," he alleged .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common procedure of vehicle theft.
The embezzled vehicle is given the identity of a similar lawful automobile, including licence sheets, framework figures and accompanying documentation.
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Two motorists were scammed out of over PS17, 000 each
Prospective buyers can run a background check on the car and the details will appear to be correct.
An eBay spokesman confirmed to the BBC that the accounts in question had been closed down and contributed:" Cash on collecting is very unusual and we would expect purchasers to always pay via the pulpit when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson told:" When we receive a report of any happen, we assess the immediate threat, impairment and jeopardy to the public and allocate police and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the vying necessitates that we may be facing at that special time and a decision is then induced on how to respond .
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" We are currently examining government decisions made in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a worked BMW on the locate.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artist as" scum of the earth ."